Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 60 Hanging
The Zhao family was also very angry at the Wan family. Just when they found out that their daughter had a marriage contract with the Wan family and at the same time suffered a resignation, anyone in Zhao's position would feel regretful and reconciled.

Fortunately, Mrs. Zhao is still a big-hearted person, and after a few days of being aggrieved, it passed away, but who would have thought that the other party would come to provoke her daughter again in a few days, and would actually buy her to be a maid, how could she be so embarrassing?
"Mom, why are you glaring at me? Why don't you let me talk? When you resign, you resign. Our family is not high, but we didn't send someone to buy it just two days after we resigned." Our family's eldest daughter is going to be a maid, and today she says she wants to be a granddaughter, isn't that too bullying? Third brother and sister, you can talk, tell me, is there such a thing?" Mrs. Zhao didn't feel that she Wrong, she wants to seek justice for Mai Xiang.

Mrs. Sun is deeper than Mrs. Qian and Mrs. Zhao, and has more thoughts. She never talks too much when outsiders are around, and it is also related to her own interests to speak up.

She was watching the interaction between Mrs. Wan and Mai Xiang with cold eyes, and she was thinking the same thing as Mrs. Zhao.

When Mrs. Shi came two days ago, she seemed to hear Mrs. Shi mentioning Wanjia, and she felt strange at that moment. It turned out that Wanjia wanted to buy Maixiang to be a maid, but after being rejected by Maixiang and Ye Dafu, it was only a few days Well, the two elders of the Wan family actually came to the door. You know, the elders of the Wan family have not visited the door for six or seven years.

What is the meaning of Wanjia?
This old lady Wan seemed to come from Ben Maixiang, and she took Maixiang's hand as soon as they met. Obviously, she already knew Maixiang. When and where did Maixiang meet old lady Wan?Does this old lady Wan regret retiring?

If it's not for Mai Xiang, just like Mrs. Wan said, she just came to see the second brother's family. Sun herself doesn't believe it. And never mentioning the marriage, Sun was also confused.

So when Mrs. Zhao asked her, she smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, don't ask me, I don't know anything."

Mrs. Sun guessed that when Mrs. Wan came, she was afraid that she had something to discuss with the old lady alone, and Mrs. Zhao's words just now might embarrass Mrs. Wan, so Mrs. Sun said again: "Mother, it's getting late, why don't I Go prepare some meals for Uncle Wan and Aunt Wan."

"Okay, okay, let's go with your second sister-in-law." Mrs. Liu was worried that she would not be able to go down the steps, and seeing Mrs. Sun's ability to do things, she quickly agreed.

"No, we came here in a hurry today, so we won't stay for dinner. I will definitely come and walk around when I have time in the future. This man is getting old, and he loves nostalgia. I think back when our child's grandmother was still there, Our two families have been in constant contact. These years, we have been busy with our own affairs, and there are many things at home. It has only been a few years, and the children have grown up so much. If they don’t move around, I’m afraid they won’t know us anymore.” Mrs. Wan He said to everyone while holding Mai Xiang's hand, completely ignoring Zhao's words.

"That's not the case. It's only been a few years, and the house is full of children and grandchildren. So the sister-in-law should stay for a meal. Although our Ye family is not doing well, we can always afford a meal."

Mrs. Liu saw that Mrs. Wan came to the door this time with rice, noodles, eggs and pork, as well as a stick of ginseng and a few pieces of clothing.Therefore, he guessed that the other party intended to make peace, and maybe he really fell in love with Mai Xiang.If this is the case, the Ye family can also borrow some light, and this day will not be too difficult.

When Mrs. Wan came, she did intend to stay for a meal, otherwise she would not have brought so much meat and vegetables. However, Mrs. Zhao's question just now made her embarrassed, and she could tell that this Mrs. Zhao She's just a dumbass, if she really stays, it might cause her some problems.

Besides, she never thought that in just a few years, the Ye family has grown so many people, big and small, and she can guess what life the Ye family has lived in these years. The faces and clothes of the Ye family Here it is, and with the fact that the Ye family just had such a big accident, if it weren't for the 30 taels of resignation money sent by the Wan family, Ye Dafu and the Zhao family might not be able to survive this test.Under such circumstances, how would she want to stay for dinner?
It's just that Mrs. Wan didn't expect that the Ye family would split up under such circumstances. Thanks to Mai Xiang, a child who is precocious, he knows how to make a living at the Temple of the Reclining Buddha at such a young age. Otherwise, how would the family live on?

But having said that, how much will Mai Xiang's burden be in the future?Even if Mai Xiang entered Wanjia's door, wouldn't the bunch of younger siblings still be her responsibility?Coupled with her ignorant mother, maybe it will bring her any trouble!

Thinking of this, Mrs. Wan's heart dropped by two points. She didn't like Mai Xiang's endless visits to her natal family in the future. She also wanted to find a family with better conditions for her grandson. There can be no drag.

"I really don't want to eat today. I'll come back another day. Today I just want to see you and talk. Why don't you bring Mai Xiang to our house when you're free someday?" Mrs. Wan's words were very vague. Leave yourself a lot of leeway.

But Mrs. Liu misunderstood the meaning of Mrs. Wan. Mrs. Wan is such a person that she doesn't order. If she orders Maixiang, doesn't she just fall in love with Maixiang?
Although Mrs. Liu heard from Mrs. Wan that she fell in love with Mai Xiang, she was not sure what the Wan family's intentions were. If she really wanted to talk about marriage, there was no reason for her to bring Mai Xiang to visit. The reason why a daughter-in-law who passes through the door visits her husband's house?
Of course, Mrs. Wan also understands this truth, but she thinks that Mai Xiang is really a piece of shit, she should throw it away, and she is afraid that it will be cheaper for others, so she should keep it herself, and she is afraid of causing trouble.Therefore, Old Madam Wan naturally meant to hang on first. Anyway, Mai Xiang is still young, so it won't be too late to make a decision after watching it for a year or two.

Mrs. Qian and Mrs. Sun were also surprised when they heard Mrs. Wan's words. No matter whether Mai Xiang could be the granddaughter-in-law of Wan's family, the benefits of Mai Xiang's visit to Wan's family must be indispensable. This Mai Xiang was married to Mrs. Wan because of something. What about your eyes?
Mai Xiang doesn't understand these things, she just instinctively doesn't want to enter Wan's house, of course, she won't say anything in front of the old lady, she can always find an excuse then.

After the Wan family left, the three sisters-in-law of the Ye family stared at the pile of things in the upper room, because when the old lady Wan left, she clearly said that these few pieces of clothing materials should be used to make new clothes for the children.

"Mother, let's go, I'll help you go back." Mai Xiang doesn't want to accept favors from the Wan family, and in the future, she will separate herself from the Wan family.

"What are you going to do? The material hasn't been divided yet." Mrs. Zhao glared.

"Mother, my fifth uncle is going to talk about kissing, so I have to prepare some new clothes. Why can't we young ones deal with it?" Mai Xiang was worried that she couldn't find a chance to repay Wu Fu's favor.

Mai Xiang's words just touched Liu's heart. Liu looked at Mai Xiang's clothes and said, "Dear girl, your clothes are too short for Erya. I'll give them to you from your old aunt later." Pick two old clothes and deal with them."

"Okay, anyway, it's enough for me to have a new dress when I go out."

Mai Xiang readily agreed.

Mai Xiang still didn't pay attention to a piece of clothing, she was planning a big event.In the past ten days or so, Ye Dafu and Zhao's spent about five taels of silver on medicines. Mai Xiang knew that Cao Xueqin would not have any money left, so she desperately stuffed the money into Liu Huilan's hands.

According to Cao Xueqin, Ye Dafu and Mrs. Zhao will be able to stop the medicine in about ten days and a half months, which means that they still need five taels of silver for the medicine.

After excluding the five taels of money for medicine, Mai Xiang still has about 20 taels of silver in her hand. She is considering buying a piece of land to build a house and move the family out, so as to save the big family from being crowded together and having troubles.

Because she had inquired about it, the land in the Qing Dynasty was still very cheap, the top-quality land here was only seven or eight taels of silver per mu, and the wasteland for building houses in rural areas usually only cost two to three taels of silver per mu.Mai Xiang fell in love with a piece of wasteland near the official road and the river beach at the west end of the village. After buying it, Mai Xiang wanted to build a restaurant in front and live in the back.

Because buying land does not require a lot of money, Mai Xiang wants to occupy the land first. If she plans it well, at least the family can rely on this restaurant to survive in the future, and she will have no worries and can do what she wants. .And I don't have to show my face to make a living anymore. After all, I'm getting older, so it's not appropriate to try to please others like this.

Mai Xiang dragged Mrs. Zhao and Mai Huang back after all the talking. Ye Dafu had already come back on crutches and was sitting on the kang weaving wall shoes. With Shi and Zhao Qiaohong here, Mai Xiang also delayed a lot of work.

Because of Mai Xiang's backing down, Mrs. Qian and Mrs. Zhao didn't get any benefits from Mrs. Liu, but Mrs. Liu saw that there were so many rice noodles, eggs and meat in the house, so she gathered everyone together to eat noodles, as an early meal. One day passed a full moon for Maidi.

After the rain and the sun cleared, everyone got busy again. Erfu was carefully tending the two acres of crops. Not only that, he also opened up two acres of wasteland on the river beach, planted sweet potatoes, and kept the crops in the corners. A lot of sunflowers were planted in the area, Qian went to catch two piglets, and built a pig pen and a chicken pen next to the original barn, and Qian raised pigs and chickens at home.

Mrs. Sun thought raising pigs was tiring and dirty, so she also built a chicken coop and raised about twenty chickens.

Mai Xiang saw that the ten ducklings she raised were growing well, so she simply bought another ten ducklings. Mai Huang and Mai Qing drove out to the river almost every day to raise them, and then came back with a basket of grass.

Therefore, the originally neat and loose yard became crowded and messy because of these small animals.

Mai Xiang still takes time to go to the Temple of the Reclining Buddha almost every day, and Mai Xiang’s kites gradually become famous, because only Mai Xiang’s family makes this kind of kite, and Mai Xiang’s kite patterns are always being refurbished. I can't keep up even if I want to.It is a pity that the number of children who come to the Temple of the Reclining Buddha is limited after all.

On the sixth day of April, Ye Dafu finally made a hundred pairs of wall shoes. In addition to the ten pairs of wall shoes, Liu Huilan also made five "every year there are fish" purses. Mai Xiang put on a new dress and asked Wufu to choose With two big baskets of things, he sent her to the gate of Tong's house.

(End of this chapter)